Set to be unveiled today, the much anticipated Bloom Box—a residential "power plant" about the size of a mini-fridge—could provide cheap, environmentally friendly electricity to U.S. households within ten years, according to Bloom Energy, the company behind the fuel cell based invention.
Despite all the attention electric utilities in the U.S. have been giving renewable-power sources such as solar and wind, their faith is in nuclear power to help meet the country's energy demands amid concerns about climate change.
TransCanada executives said Wednesday they will consider letting Montana and North Dakota crude oil onto a proposed pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico, after hearing demands for access from U.S. oil producers.
Politicians and scientists speak of them hopefully as "home runs" and "game changers," the long-shot technology breakthroughs that could produce a major advance toward the nation's future climate policy goals.
A bill that would have put the legislature in charge of the state's renewable energy standard was pulled Thursday following a blitz by solar industry officials and local governments.
Sen. Kerry Calls for Progress on Creating Nationwide Grid
EEI Daily Energy News
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., expressed his frustration with the lack of progress on the job of developing a nationwide grid and promoting the smart grid at a hearing of his Senate subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Environment and Energy Daily reported.
